Tag: coach
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Switchbacks look to snap two-game skid on home turf
A powerful Louisville City FC team will be at Weidner Field on Friday for a key game against the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC at Weidner Field. Louisville comes to town as the top team in the USL Championship Central Division. Louisville (8-3-2, 26 points) has won three of its last four matches and leads the…
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Switchbacks add impact player to striker position
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save For the better part of six weeks, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC coach Brendan Burke has stated that the club would sign a high impact player. Burke’s prophesy came true Friday when it was announced that the USL Championship club team signed forward Thomas Amang. “Adding…
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Switchbacks add impact player to striker position
For the better part of six weeks, Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC coach Brendan Burke has stated that the club would sign a high impact player. Burke’s prophesy came true Friday when it was announced that the USL Championship club team signed forward Thomas Amang. “Adding a player with Thomas’ level of experience at his age,…
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Switchbacks host San Antonio Saturday on ESPN2
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Any way you boot the ball, Saturday’s soccer match between the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC and San Antonio FC is a big deal in the professional soccer world. The United Soccer League Championship game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN2 from Weidner Field. Game…
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Switchbacks host San Antonio Saturday on ESPN2
Any way you boot the ball, Saturday’s soccer match between the Colorado Springs Switchbacks FC and San Antonio FC is a big deal in the professional soccer world. The United Soccer League Championship game will be broadcast live nationally on ESPN2 from Weidner Field. Game time is scheduled for noon. “This is absolutely a big…
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Burt and Argueta, two of the original Switchbacks, still making impact
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save On Jan. 24, 2014, it was announced that the new professional soccer team in Colorado Springs would be called Switchbacks FC. A little over a year later, the team began play at Sand Creek Stadium, later known as Weidner Field, off Powers Blvd. and Tutt…
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Burt and Argueta, two of the original Switchbacks, still making impact
On Jan. 24, 2014, it was announced that the new professional soccer team in Colorado Springs would be called Switchbacks FC. A little over a year later, the team began play at Sand Creek Stadium, later known as Weidner Field, off Powers Blvd. and Tutt Blvd. Defender Jordan Burt and midfielder Rony Argueta were two…
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Monument’s Billy Cook taken in 10th round of baseball draft
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Billy Cook received the long-anticipated phone call at about 4 p.m. Monday at his family’s home in Monument. It was a representative from the Baltimore Orioles informing the former Lewis-Palmer baseball star (class of 2017) that the organization had selected him in the 10th round…
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Monument’s Billy Cook taken in 10th round of baseball draft
Billy Cook received the long-anticipated phone call at about 4 p.m. Monday at his family’s home in Monument. It was a representative from the Baltimore Orioles informing the former Lewis-Palmer baseball star (class of 2017) that the organization had selected him in the 10th round of this year’s Major League amateur draft. The 287th overall…
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Joe Roskam steps down as Woodland Park football coach and AD
After 21 seasons as a head high school football coach — the last 10 at Woodland Park — Joe Roskam decided to step away. Roskam, who turns 45 on Friday, announced last week that he resigned from the program. He also resigned from his duties as the school’s athletic director, effective at the end of the…